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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2011
Applicant:
Donald E. Smith, Lexington, MA (US);
Inventor:
Donald E. Smith, Lexington, MA (US);
Assignee:
Verizon Laboratories Inc., Waltham, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 99/00 (2006.01); G06Q 10/00 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Methods and systems are provided for facilitating communications among persons sharing a common interest. Customers of a telecommunications provider are notified about the service via a notification included in a billing statement. A customer uses the information to access a web site capable of registering the customer and connecting the customer to other persons sharing a common interest. The service assigns aliases to respective participants so that the true identity of each person is not made available to others in the group.